Power For Propulsion

Year Published: 1965

Creator: Aerojet-General Corp.

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Traces the history of power sources for propulsion from Watt's tea kettle to atomic rocket engines, stressing the importance of Robert Goddard's liquid rocket and Enrico Fermi's atomic pile. Uses animation to illustrate principles of rocketry, Newton's law of motion and the operation of nuclear rocket engines. Shows the development of NERVA, Nuclear Engine For Rocket Vehicle Application, including its first test firing. Discusses U S developments for deep space payload missions to the moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars and beyond.


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